Chicago Teachers Go On Strike: Over 350,000 Windy City students are being shortchanged on their education because the Chicago Teachers Union won't come to terms with CPS on a new contract that involves new teacher evaluations based on student performance. Be sure to keep tabs on the Unions & Establishment page for the latest updates…

Growing participation in the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program is being accompanied by modest academic improvement...

New Jersey has a dismal record when it comes to getting extra education money from Washington. Most people remember the state's lost bid...

State needs to boost number of authorizers or lose out on more federal money.

As New Jersey seeks to expand its charter school offerings, questions are being raised about the oversight of the states’ charter schools. CER’s Jeanne Allen explains that the DOE can become burdened in its oversight as it focuses on areas outside of their core focus.

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation aimed at expanding and promoting charter schools throughout the country. CER provides background details about charter schools in New Hampshire and Maine including the size of the state’s waitlist.

More bad news on the national education front: The College Board announced Wednesday that the mean SAT reading score for the high school class of 2011 fell 3 points from 2010′s mean — to 497, making it the lowest reading score since 1972.

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts," said the late great Daniel Patrick Moynihan. And indeed, the PDK/Gallup poll underscores the wisdom offered by the former Senior Senator from New York, no doubt in the larger public policy context of his day. While everyone has opinions, pollsters are supposed to…

Once upon a time, labor unions stepped, to collectively support and advance the rights of people to work and be given adequate wages, benefits and a quality environment. It was great, when it was needed. Today those same unions -- in this case in education -- no longer protect people who are being abused, neglected,…